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Atlantic Beach police received two complaints in reference to a suspicious male subject driving an older model gold SUV on May 4 at 4:37 p.m.

A female caller stated that the suspect pulled up beside her and solicited sex from her. The second caller said that the suspect was driving slowly down the road while masturbating.

Police began searching the area for the gold Nissan Pathfinder and attempted to stop a vehicle matching the description in the 300 block of Ocean Boulevard as it traveled south. However, the vehicle turned onto First Street and began to accelerate, running a stop sign at Sherry Drive, turning north and reaching speeds of 80 mph in a 25 mph zone.

Less than a minute later, the suspect vehicle made an abrupt turn and hit a police car that was stopped at the stop sign on Eighth Street before striking a tree. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Milton, got out and ran and was caught in the 800 block of Sherry Drive.

The man allegedly said he was “wanted for shooting at police.” He also reportedly admitted that he hit the patrol car intentionally to avoid apprehension.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was contacted to take a report for aggravated assault against a law enforcement officer and the damaged property.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue also arrived and cleared the man for transport to jail.

The man was wanted in multiple Florida counties, with warrants for grand theft auto in Martin County, burglary of an occupied dwelling in St. Lucie County and violation of probation on a charge of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in Okaloosa County. Local charges include aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, driving without a seat belt, aggravated fleeing and eluding and resisting without violence. Additional charges are pending.

ATLANTIC BEACH

■ Thirteen Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department vehicles and one Navy fire engine responded to a house fire May 1 at 12:05 p.m. at 1380 W. Plaza Road.

By the time police arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames, and police provided traffic control. A detective with the State Fire Marshal arrived to speak with a witness, a 31-year-old Atlantic Beach man, who first noticed flames coming from the house as he was returning on foot from a fishing trip.

Although the house was unoccupied at the time of the fire, the man opened the front door of the home to remove a small dog that was trapped inside.

■ On May 1 at 7:30 p.m., police recognized a 28-year-old Jacksonville woman standing outside of the Mayport Road Walgreens. An officer knew that this woman had an active warrant and a suspended license stemming from a DUI charge in 2012.

The officer followed her into the pharmacy where he saw her place a box of Nyquil in her purse before leaving in a white Toyota Camry. The officer followed and stopped her in a nearby parking lot.

While she was being placed under arrest, police noticed that she appeared to be drunk. She subsequently performed poorly on sobriety exercises.

In addition to the Nyquil, several other stolen items were recovered from the car, including makeup, press-on nails, a toy truck and cough medicine; the items totaled $49.42. The woman was arrested for DUI, theft and driving on a suspended license, in addition to being taken to the county jail on the active warrant.

NEPTUNE BEACH

■ Police were called to The Loop Pizza Grill at 211 Third St. on May 5 at 7:51 a.m. to respond to a burglary complaint.

A general manager at the restaurant said that someone entered the business through the emergency exit. The emergency door latch and kick plate had both been tampered with.

After reviewing surveillance footage, it was discovered that two employees of The Loop were in the business after hours at 12:30 a.m.

An inventory of the restaurant was conducted; no property was found missing. The manager then said that she would handle the incident on a professional level and no longer needed police involvement.

■ A 35-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested for driving while classified as a habitual traffic offender on May 4 at 5:25 p.m. The vehicle was seized and searched. The female passenger of the truck at the time called her ex-husband to come pick her up and collect the tools in the bed of the truck. When the two were found looking in the interior of the black Toyota Tacoma — in the fuse box access door and under the dash — they were told to finish up by the officer.

Later at the station, an anonymous caller phoned in and said there was heroin and $900 in cash hidden inside the truck that the driver supposedly hid at one point during the traffic stop.

A K-9 unit was called to Forest Avenue. The dog located two grams of a powdery substance wrapped in aluminum foil that later tested positive for heroin.

No cash was found, and possession of a controlled substance was added to the Jacksonville man’s charges.

■ A loud collision alerted a Neptune Beach officer to a single-car crash on Atlantic Boulevard and Third Street on May 2 at 11:35 p.m.

At the scene, a 29-year-old Jacksonville woman was repeating that she had “obliged the red light.” It was determined that the woman’s beige Toyota Avalon was traveling eastbound on Atlantic Boulevard when it failed to slow through the intersection, striking a curb, then a speed limit sign. Two witnesses said that the woman was the only person in the car.

A DUI investigation began after the woman said she was “drunk driving” and “should be taken to jail.” The woman refused to participate in sobriety tests.

The Avalon was towed, and the woman was arrested.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH

■ A barefoot 26-year-old Jacksonville woman dancing on the sidewalk in heavy rain in the 200 block of Ninth Avenue South got police attention on April 29 at 6:13 p.m.

Police observed the woman flailing her arms and stumbling near Third Street. At one point, the woman fell to her knees with her body in the busy roadway. An officer pulled the woman into the waiting area of Tire Kingdom on Third Street to get her out of the rain. While there, the woman admitted to smoking a synthetic marijuana. She then was arrested for disorderly intoxication and taken to the county jail.

■ A 54-year-old homeless man with empty vodka bottles scattered around him was asleep at a bus stop in the 600 block of Beach Boulevard when police found him on April 28 at 7:57 p.m.

The man mumbled incoherently and refused to stand, so police placed him under arrest. While in handcuffs, the man allegedly cursed at officers, threatened to beat them up, then pulled away and fell forward, hitting his head on a nearby fence. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue was called to check him out, and several lacerations on the man’s wrists from the handcuffs as well as the abrasion on his forehead were photographed.

The man was transported to the county jail on charges of disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest.

■ A call from a bar on First Street North for a taxicab was useless when a drunken 35-year-old Jacksonville Beach man couldn’t remember his home address to give to the driver on April 27 at 9 p.m.

The man also couldn’t stand without assistance, and he wasn’t able to dial his cellphone to call for a ride from a friend. He tried to give the cellphone to police when asked for identification and didn’t appear to know where he was. Eventually, the man was arrested for disorderly intoxication and transported to the Duval County Jail.